Monthly Expenses – 2 Months Post Covid
Total: $4119.02
(8 weeks = $514.87 per week)
Fuel
KM Travelled: 6270km
Litres / 100Km: 16.76
Fuel Total: $1336.57
Eating Out
Eating out: $523.80
Quick lunches: $131.60
Coffee, snacks & ice creams: $74.90
Eating Out Total: $730.30
Groceries
Groceries: $1043.70
Wine & Alcohol: $174.80
Groceries Total: $1218.50
Accomodation
Free Camps and Donation: $0.00 . 49x Nights
Low-Cost Campsites: $16.00 . 1x Night. Campground over $20: $184.80 . 6x Nights
Accomodation Total: $200.80
Tours & Attractions
Tourist attractions & tours: $161.00
Souvineers & gifts: $212.20
Tours & Attractions Total: $373.20
Other
Hardware & Camping supplies: $67.47
Car & Van maintenance: $34.00
Gas bottle refills: $107.95
Miscellaneous: $49.74
Other Total: $259.16
We did expect our costs to be lower. We have slowed our travel down, staying longer in one place. Fuel costs at the pump have also been lower than ever before.
We always have preferred to free camp, and we are still doing that. You can’t reduce that cost. Lol.
We have enjoyed eating out more than we ever did before. When we were touring, our budget was consumed mainly with fuel and attractions costs. We ate out sometimes, but this time we have been eating out a few times a week.
We are excited that our weekly expenses are lower than expected, even after our increased eating out costs!
This “going slow” is great for the budget!
Comments:
We usually track our expenses monthly.
With Coronavirus interrupting our travels, we had some time in lockdown.
This expenses blog is for 8 weeks post lockdown (including travel time only)
Future blogs will be monthly.
Hi guy just noted that u don’t add car rego insurance medical funds into your report. Love your report just goes to show u don’t need a lot to travel.
Hi Liz, Good pick up. When we started tracking years ago we decided to track all our travel expenses that are in addition to bills we would have at home (excluding groceries) We were not full time then, so additional expenses was all we were looking at. This means registration and insurance are not included. In hindsight, we should have included them, but its too late to add now as it will be like comparing apples and oranges. We know to add that few thousand to our annual costs.